Ankara has become a ‘questionable’ NATO ally, says US analyst

Turkey will start coming under pressure from the United States over its stance on the Middle East crisis very soon, according to Jonathan Schanzer, who is senior vice president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, one of the most influential think-tanks in Washington.

Schanzer, who previously served as a counterterrorism analyst at the US Department of the Treasury, also believes that Hamas is about to become a major headache for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arguing that "America has everything it needs to designate Turkey as a state sponsor of terrorism."

Just recently members of Congress raised Turkey's role in supporting Hamas operations, but it seems that this issue has not received adequate attention from successive US administrations. Why is that?

Turkey continues to enjoy a protected status in Washington due to its...